Garment hanger



July 19, 1932. DORRILL 1,868,197

' GARMENT HANGER Filed Dec. 5, 1950 1 .75: 1: :i: kirk-G :2, 21:31) m M Kg 12 INVE TOR 15 may a W ATTORNEYS Patented July 19, 1932 ROBERT A. ,LDQRRILL, or LITTLE SILVER, ENE WJE RSI EY GARMENT HANGER Applicatioirfiled December 3, 1930. Serial No. 499,615,.

This invention relates in general to garment hangers, and particularly to hangers for supporting both garments having shoulder portions such as coats, and garments such '5 as trousers,skirts, and the like.

Known garment hangers of this Character are constructed so that when for example a coatand trousers are mounted on the hanger, the coat overlies or partially covers the trousers, and in removing the trousers from or placing them upon the hanger the coat is a hindrance and often is unintentionally displaced upon or pulled from "the hanger. This is particularly annoying and is inevitable because in disrobing the coat is usually removed from the body and placed on the hanger first, while whendressing the trousers are usually first'removed from the hanger.

One object of my invention is to provide a garment hanger embodying novel and improved features of construction to overcome the above described disadvantages of known garment hangers and admit of a coat or the ike and trousers or the like to be easily applied to and removed fromthe hanger in the order in which such garments are usually divested and donned by the wearer without interference of one garment with the other.

Another object is to provide such a gar-' ment hanger having a main portion shaped to receive a shouldered garment, such as a coat, and another'portion to receive a trousers or the like, said trousers supporting portion being disposed out of or offset from the plane of the coat-receiving portion so as to be fully exposed and easily accessible at all times,

and whereby a trousers hung thereon shall be disposed entirely outside and free from i alcoat; on the hanger. V r Otherjobjects are to provide a garment hanger-of, this character including a main portion shapedto receive the shoulder portions of a coat or the like and tobe sus pended'in a vertical plandanda portion for supporting a trousers or the like disposed at substantially'right angles to said shoulderreceiving portion and including abar offset or spaced from theplane of said shoulderrec'ei'vin'g portion so as to nermitthe front K r i r i edges of a coat to be arranged between sa d tion B to receive garments" such as trousers,

parallel to thebar'3 and extend inwardly stantiallya vertical plane; and the trousersbar and said shoulder-receiving portion, whereby said bar is fully exposed and easily. accessible at all times; to provide such a garment hanger having said trousers-supporting portion separably connected to said'main portion for convenience inpackingofthe hanger, and to obtain other "advantages and results as will bebroughtout by the follow} ing description. $1 a a Referring to the accompanying drawing, in which corresponding and like-parts "are designated throughout the several views by the same reference characters," a

Figure l is a front elevation of a garment hanger embodying my invention and showing the manner of suspending garments thereon; j r Figure 2 is a top plan view of the hanger;

, Figure 3 isa front elevation of a modified form of the invention; V 1 i Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view, on the line H of Figure 3 I Figure 5 is an enlarged transverse vertical secional view, on the line 5 5 of Figure3, an v V Figure 6 is a detached perspective *view of r the auxiliarytrousers-supporting portion of the hanger shown in Figures 3 and 4. a

Specifically describing the embodiment of the invention illustratedin Figures 1 and 2, the hanger comprises one piece ofvwire or the'like which is bent to format main portion Ato receive the 'shoulders of a shouldered] garment, such as a coat, and'an auxiliary por:

skirts and the like. The main :portion includes a suspending hook'l at opposite sides 7 of which and extending in oppositedirections in the same plane are shoulder-receiving parts 2. The auxiliaryportionB comprises a trousers-supporting bar 3 and supporting arms 4- which are disposed approximately in spaced relation thereto and areconnected to the ends of the shoulder -receiving parts 2 by tie-bar portions 5 disposed substantially. in the plane of theshoulder-receiving parts 2. When the hanger is suspended by; the

hook the main portionjAis arranged in sub- 9 out hindrance by the coat and without dismiddleportiomas'at 14,- to form a trouserssupporting bar 3 is spaced or offset horizontally from the shoulder-receiving parts so that the front edges of a coat or the like may be'arranged in the spaces 6 between the'garment supporting bar and the main portion A, as clearly shown in Figure 2 of the draw ing. The portions 7 of thesupporting arms 4 serve as clamps tor'holding trousers or the like upon the trousers-supporting bar 3, and the trousers are applied to said bar by slipping one end upwardly between the support-. ing arms 4 and the bar 3 and draping the garment over thebar. 7

With this construction, when a coat or the like is placed upon the main portion A, and

a trousers or the like-is placed upon the trousers-supporting bar 3, the trousers are entirely exposed andfully accessible so that they can be removed from the hanger with- ,turbingthe; coat, Similarly, after the coat 'hasjbeen applied to the hanger thetrousers Inay'be easily applied to the arment-sup- I b in the order in which they are divested or. donned by the wearer, respectively, and that porting bar without.interferencefrom the --Preferably a: second trousers-supporting bar-.8-.is suspended from the tie-bar portions 5 in substantially the plane of the shoulderreoeivingparts '2, so that the hanger is ca pable of supporting two trouse'rs, if desired. ..Another form otthe vinventionis shown 'in Figures 3 to 6, inclusive, wherein the auxiliary trousers-supporting hanger-includes a; suspending hook 9. and shoulder-receiving parts 1Q arranged, in the same plane at opposite sides of the hook 9 andpreferably formed ofwireu The ends of the shoulder-receiving parts 10 are connected by atie-bar 11, whichrmayv be of any suitable 'niateri-al, such as. Wood. An portion is mountedu pon thetie-bar 11, said auxiliary portion comprising a single length of wire or the like. 12 having its end sportions 13 returned; inwardly in spaced relation to the ings 18 spaced longitudinally of the t-ie-bar 11; at its middleportion. When the hanger issuspended' by the hook 9 the shoulder receiving, parts .10 and: the tie-bar 11 are disposed in-a substantially vertical. plane,

while the auxiliary portionis disposed in a substantially horizontal plane with the garment-supporting bar horizontally spaced from the plane of-the shoulder-receiving parts so that the front edges "of a coat or the like hung upon .the shoulder-receiving parts: 10' may be arranged between the, gar- 'inent-supportingibar.15 and the'j ti'e-b'a'r .11.

Thislconstructiongis in general the same as same. manner as they are applied to the hanger shown in Figures 1 and 2.

If desired, a second trousers-supporting bar 19 may be suspended from the tie-bar the tiebar to overlie the trousers-supporting bar 19 for clamping the trousers or the like "upon said bar. Obviously, in applying the trousers to this bar, one end will he slipped between the clamp and the bar. 19 and between the bar 19 andthe tie-bar. 11 so as to drape the garment over the.

bar 19.

v11 Iinsubstantially the same plane, and a spring-clamping arm 20 may be attached to With my inventionit will be observedthat for example a coatv and a trousers may be applied to and removed fromthe hanger neither of the garments interferes with. the

other upon the hanger.

While I have shownvan'd described themvention as embodied in certain specific -details of construction, it should be understood that thisis primarily tonthe purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention,

and that modifications and .changesmay its posite sides of said suspending means and" in a common vertical plane when the, hanger is suspended, said parts being shaped toreceive the shoulders of a-coat. or the like, the ends of said shoulder-receiving parts having tie-bar portions substantially in the plane of said shoulder-receiving parts, and an auxiliary portion including a trousers-support- V I ing bar and horizontalsupporting arms therefor extending inwardly from the ends of said trousers-supporting bar. in spaced'rel'ation thereto and connected'to said ble-bii/I"P'OIY-' tions, whereby said trousers-supporting bar is horizontally spaced from the plane ofsaid main portionso that the edges ofa coat orthe like mounted on said shoulder sreceiving'partsmay be arranged between said tie-bar portions and said trousers-supporting bar. 2. A: garment hangercomprising a main portion including suspending means and parts extending in opposite directions at opposite sides of said suspendingmeansand in a common vertical plane-when the hanger is suspended, saidv parts being shaped to receive the shoulders of a coat or the like, the ends of said shoulder-receiving parts being connected together by a horizontal tie-bar in the plane of said shoulder-receiving parts, and an auxiliary portion including a trousers-supporting bar formed of a length of wire having its end portions returned inwardly in spaced relation to the middle portion and connected to said tie-bar so that said trousers-supporting bar is mounted on said main portion and horizontally spaced from the plane thereof.

3. A garment hanger comprising a main portion including suspending means and parts extending in opposite directions at opposite sides of said suspending means and in a common vertical plane when the hanger is suspended, said parts being shaped to receive the shoulders of a coat or the like, the ends of said shoulder-receiving parts being connected together by a horizontal tie-bar in the plane of said shoulder-receiving parts having vertical openings at its middle portion, and an, auxiliary portion including a trousers-supporting bar formed of a length of wire having its end portions returned inwardly in spaced relation to the middle portion and its extremities bent at right angles to the plane of said middle portion and end ortions and inserted in said vertical open- 1ngs of the tie-bar so that said trousers-supportin bar is mounted on said main portion 0 the hanger and horizontally spaced from the plane thereof, whereby the front of a coat or the like on said main portion may be arranged between the ends of said trousers-supporting bar and said main Iportion.

ROBERT A. DOR ILL. 

